The Young Lion

"The England Football Cup finals of the 01-02 season will be staged at the Millennium Stadium. Today, the stadium is full of seats. The fans of both teams, including local Welsh fans, are very enthusiastic. The flags of the two teams are flying on the stands. The atmosphere in the stadium is extremely warm. In the previous prediction, the probability of Arsenal winning is slightly higher than that of Millwall, because Millwall will send a substitute lineup to play this game, Arsenal put away some of the main force in the Premier League final battle, and recuperate In order to prepare for the final, Arsenal may have an advantage no matter from the strength or the physical condition of the players, but Millwall has cultivated the champion genes in these years. They have never missed the finals. However, I am afraid today will be A serious challenge, because even Aldrich Hall led the team, and was the first to send 10 substitutes in the finals, only the main central defender, captain Southgate. Now the players of both sides enter, let’s take a look The starting list of both parties.

Millwall started with 4312.

Goalkeeper: Palyuka.

Defenders: Neil, Metzelder, Southgate, Baines.

Midfielders: Pedretti, Alonso, De Rossi, Ramall.

Forwards: Klose, Villa.

Millwall discharged a 4312 formation today. Ramall withdrew from the previous striker line to play the midfielder. Klose and Villa partnered to attack. This is not the British traditional 442. In fact, coaching these in Hall In 2004, he used the traditional British 442 formation, but abandoned it a few years ago. The 442 used in the last two years is a brand new technical and tactical system.

Arsenal started with 442.

Goalkeeper: Seaman.

Guards: Lauren, Keon, Campbell, Silvinho.

Midfielders: Yongberg, Vieira, Parol, Pires.

Forwards: Bergkamp, ​​Ibrahimovic.

It is worth mentioning that the Swedish striker Ibrahimovic has improved his ability this season. His team awareness and teamwork ability. His partner with Bergkamp and interaction with the wing has an obvious role in the game, and he himself The technical ability is also impressive. In this season, there have been a small breakthrough in the three defensive players and then shake the goalkeeper to shoot the empty goal. Because of his excellent play, he became the main force of Wenger, people He is said to be the second Anelka that Wenger cultivated, but Ibrahimovic said that he will not be the second person, he will only become the great Ibrahimovic, this is no lack of ambition and arrogance Boy, will he be the key to today’s game? Ha ha, we will look forward to his performance. "

From the beginning of the game, Aldridge and Wenger stood on the sidelines to oversee the battle.

Wenger watched for a while and his face sank.

Millwall is determined to fight back defensively.

Arsenal have the advantage regardless of paper strength, experience, physical fitness, so they occupy the initiative on the field.

But this is exactly where Wenger has a headache. The outside world has praises and criticisms for Arsenal. The criticism comes mainly from their lack of change, which is different from the lack of change in the middle and downstream teams. The middle and downstream teams rely on a set of styles of play. It may be able to settle down, but it is absolutely impossible to be famous, because of its limited strength, Arsenal can, because their players are strong.

But on the stage of the European War, Arsenal’s lack of change is a fatal reason that it is difficult to go further. On the stage where the strong men are full, once the opponent understands your technical and tactical play, and the targeted restrictions are in place, Arsenal can’t do anything. The European War is weak.

It’s not a European war today, but Millwall apparently learned Arsenal. Aldrich sent a backup lineup and also pulled his face to fight back. In other words, Arsenal took the initiative to fight the position battle, this is not theirs What they are good at is the exquisite organization in the big picture. They lack the traditional No. 10 jersey, so Vieira has the ability to organize, but can he compete with Zidane and Pirlo players for organization?

Wenger already has the idea of ​​transforming Arsenal in the next stage to bring Arsenal's beautiful football to the next level, and the introduction of the No. 10 player is imperative.

What will happen in the future will not affect the present.

It is now very difficult for Arsenal to fight in position.

Nor does it mean that Arsenal have a headache when playing a positional battle. In fact, at this level, they must be strong in the league in order to fight against each other and strengthen their defense against each other. The two points they play are particularly good. The first is The wing that relied on survival countered the storm. Pire and Yongberg were on the side. Bogkamp formed a side-to-side combination with Vieira or Pallor inserted in the middle and front field. Ibrahimovic sometimes played in front. Bridgehead made the ball. This counter-attack this season has been dazzling with passion. The second is personal ability. Pires, Bergkamp, ​​Ibrahimovic, all of them have the ability to get rid of in a small range. Tear the opponent's line of defense from the local area to defeat it.

Millwall has all these abilities, and Millwall has the overall organizational ability that Arsenal lacks, so even if Arsenal has set its own Premier League era record, Still unable to shake Millwall's rule, this is part of the overall strength comparison.

In response to such play by Arsenal, Millwall made countermeasures today.

First of all, based on defense, do not give the opponent space to counterattack. Outside the 40 yard area, the opponent can attack any way, and the defense cannot be robbed.

Secondly, Pedretti, Alonso, and De Rossi strengthened the protection of the sidelines and the back line, compressed the space, and reduced the occurrence of one-on-one breakthroughs.

Arsenal add forwards on the wing with a regular lineup, obviously they can't wear Millwall's defense, the wing will be harassed, and the side-to-side cooperation will cut off the pass line because Millwall has more defensive players. This must be Arsenal's full-back and midfielder assists are required, and when they come up, Millwall's defensive pressure will be particularly great, but as long as the defense is successful, the key person for Millwall's front-to-back connection is when the defense is turned. Ronso, the attacker who controlled the rhythm was Ramall.

Lamor, who is characterized by outstanding reading ability in the game, was given a more important task by Aldridge.

Striking back?

No, it’s not just that. When you have the best opportunity, you will firmly increase your speed to fight back. If there is no good opportunity, the route forward of Klose and Villa is blocked. When the running position lacks space, Lamor will have to Control the ball and stabilize the rhythm. This will allow Arsenal's players to run back to defend and consume directly.

Today, Welsh fans are disappointed. Millwall and Arsenal are typical of England’s so-called beautiful football. The collision between the two teams should be a gorgeous peak match, but what is in sight is the lack of exciting scenes.

It is difficult for Arsenal to find a shooting opportunity, Millwall's counterattack is not effective, and even gives people a feeling that they will not even fight back!

Wenger didn't understand it either. Ramor was clearly unmarked when he took the ball several times in the half, but he no longer firmly passed forward and cooperated. Millwall's counterattack opportunity took the initiative to slow down the rhythm, etc. After the backline eased the pressure, they patiently cooperated and reorganized the attack, which became a positional battle. In the positional battle, they did not take the sidewalk and could barely pass the defense zone of Vieira and Palol. Only Neal It only seemed a little threat after the assists went up.

The advantage of playing fast is the high threat, and the disadvantage is the low success rate. Maybe 10 times straight, only 1 time can succeed.

The advantage of playing slowly is to ensure the right of the ball. The disadvantage is that the threat is low. When Arsenal arranges the defense line and then plays the positional attack, the probability of success can be imagined to be much lower than that of counterattack.

However, Aldridge's requirements for the team are still to seek stability first, on the one hand to gradually increase confidence, on the one hand, to ensure that they will not be attacked quickly by Arsenal for a short time because of counterattack.

The rhythm slowed down. Arsenal players ran back to set up the defense line and then attacked, it will take a certain time, and Millwall's defensive pressure will not be too great.

In the 31st minute of the first half, Arsenal nearly broke the goal. They passed a side pass. Bogkamp made a perfect stop with the foot and directly gave it to Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic turned the ball at a small angle and wanted to shake the cable first. Sgate, but Southgate is not fooled. When Ibrahimovic wants to shoot again, the ball is blocked by Southgate's front foot and is less than 10 yards from the goal. It is very dangerous. This is since Arsenal's opening. Best chance.

After 7 minutes, Pire took a long-range shot from a long distance outside the penalty area. The shot was extraordinary. Palyuka was not old and was ready to block the ball with a single palm to ensure that the city goal was not lost.

It wasn't until the 42nd minute that Klose made a considerable threat on the offensive end by Klose. He used the rhythm change to stop the game and stopped the ball while shaking off Keon's defense, waiting for Campbell to make up. Klose volleyed on the penalty area line. He dared not make any other moves, and Vieira was rushing from behind him.

Seaman also made a wonderful save. The two old goalkeepers did not face many tests in the first half, but their performance when facing threatening shots is commendable.

Just before the end of the first half, Vieira assisted, knocked over De Rossi, and shot a long shot to wipe the beam and flew to the stands.

After ending at 0:0 in the first half, Southgate followed the referee and put pressure on the referee, thinking that Vieira had fouled De Rossi before, and De Rossi himself only felt very stubborn. He felt that his strength was enough, but compared with Vieira, it was still a bit worse, and was suddenly hit, which was a bit overwhelming.

Aldridge walked calmly toward the player's tunnel, but Wenger frowned at about five meters behind him.

How did Arsenal crack Millwall's tactical settings today?

If it is a penalty shootout, is it cost-effective for Arsenal?

All aspects should be Arsenal dominant, Wenger certainly does not want to put his destiny in the penalty shootout.

"The scene in the first half was not exciting. This is a final to determine where the champion belongs. The two sides played a little conservatively. But as the game time is getting shorter, I believe that the two sides will try their best to fight for Victory, on the whole, Arsenal had a slight advantage in the first half, they appeared more active on the court, players played better, Millwall was slightly passive, of course, the lineup strength today played is slightly weaker than Arsenal, this is their The reason for the limited play, especially in terms of experience, can be seen that when Vieira assisted, De Rossi and Alonso did not take any advantage in the confrontation with them, and could only rely on a more active fight and Complement each other to avoid loopholes in the defense. During the halftime, will Millwall strengthen this link? We can only wait until the second half starts to observe."